1593 ORD GRANTING TO LEONARD BOONE AND MCKINLEY JOHNSON A FRANCHISE TO USE PUBLIC STREETS ETC

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ti Section 6. The grantees shall, during the life of this franchise, pay to the City of Paris at the office of the City Clerk in lawful money of the United States a sum equal to two (2) per cent of the gross receipts and total fares collected and other income derived from the operat7.ng of said ta,xi.cab business, which remittance shall be made monthly on or before the lOth day of the month following the month for which such respective re- mittances are made, and ahall be accompanied by a verified statement of the gross receipts for such preceding monthe The grantees shall at all times keep a system of books and records which meet the approval of the City Clerk of the City of Parie and which adequately reflect upon inspection the amount of such gross receipts for each day of each month during such franchise, which books shall at all times be subject to inspection by the City Clerk or any other deBignated agent or officia,l of the City of Paris. The paymenta stipulated and provided in this section shall be i.n lieu of any other tax or assessment or charge by the City of Paris which may now or may hereafter be in force during the term of this franchise, excluding only ad valorem taxes. Any neglect, omission or refusal by the granteea herein to file such verified statement of gross receipts monthly, as required, or to pay such specified percenta.ge of said gross receipts to the City of Paris when due and as specified, shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of this franchise and of all rights hereunder. Section 7. T he City of Paris expressly reserves the right to modi.fy, amend, alter, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this franchise, duri.ng the li.fe of the same, for the following purposes, to-wit: (1) To eliminate or delete from the same such conditions as then prove obsolete or impractical; (2) To impose such additional conditions upon the grantees as may be just and reasonable, such conditions to be those as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of insuring adequate service to the public. Section 8. Notwithsta.nding what may be said in any other portion of this instrument with reference to the termination thereof, this right is granted subject to the proviaions of Article 1, Section 17 and 26 of the Gonstitutition of the State, the applicable state laws, charter proviaions, and such future laws as may be enacted by the legi.slature, or amendments to the Constitution and the Charter of the City of Paris. Furthermore, the governing body of the City of Paris reeerves the absolute right upon notice and a hearing, which said notice shall be given to the grantees not less than thirty (30) days before such hearing, to absolutely terminate this grant for any violations of the terms and provisions of this ordinance. Section 9. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for the grantees, their officers, agents or employees, operating any automobile for hire within the City of Paris, to cruise. Cruising sha.ll consiat of seeking, searching or so- liciting employment while operating an automobile for hire, by repeatedly and persistently driving auch automobile for hire to and fro on the public streeta of the Gity of Paris and offering accommodati.ons thereof to prospective passengers, either by signal, word of mouth, or by carrying a sign with the word "Vacant" thereon, or some other word of similar import or otherwise or in any manner whatsoever operating said vehicle upon the public streets of the City of Paris for the purpose of soliciting passengers or driving an automobile for hire upon the public streets while unoccupied by a passenger without having a faxed destination thereof. - 2 -